Elwood Curtis is the protagonist of the novel, and he is primarily motivated by a deep desire for justice.

In 1960s Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis is a studious African-American high school student with an idealistic sense of justice inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights marches. He is …

Elwood Curtis. The protagonist of the novel. Elwood Curtis is raised by his grandmother in the Frenchtown section of Tallahassee in the 1960s after his parents abandoned him at the age of …

Elwood Curtis is a teenage black boy living in Florida in the early 1960s, and the protagonist of The Nickel Boys. A determined young man, Elwood lives with his grandmother, who takes him …

Jul 16, 2019 · WHITEHEAD: Sure. His name is Elwood Curtis. He's a straight-A student being raised by his grandparents. You know, has a job after school working in a tobacco store, wants …

Elwood Curtis is a teenage black boy living in Florida in the early 1960s, and the protagonist of The Nickel Boys. A determined young man, Elwood lives with his grandmother, who takes …

Elwood Curtis. Elwood is the novel's protagonist. He was born in Tallahassee, Florida, to an absent mother, Evelyn, who abandoned him at the age of six.

Elwood Curtis. Elwood Curtis, the protagonist of the novel, is a young black boy from Tallahassee, Florida. He was raised by his grandmother, Harriet, after his mother and father abandoned him …

Elwood Curtis Elwood is a young Black man growing up in early 1960s Florida, a segregated place where he is forever on the outside looking in. He attends a Black school (with hand-me …

Jul 16, 2019 · Elwood Curtis is a young boy living in Talahassee (in the Frenchtown neighborhood) in 1962. He gets straight As and hopes to someday get to go to Fun Town, an …